When the term 'linkbait' first appeared on the search marketing scene a few years ago, I wasn't too keen on it because it has a lot of negative connotations. In fishing, bait is not really a good thing (to the fish). One minute the fish thinks he's going to have a tasty meal, and the next minute he IS the tasty meal! Works out nicely for the fisherman, however.

Posted by Jane Copland

Using Twitter over the past week or so has been a very frustrating experience. The site takes a long time to load, its features either intermittently or permanently don’t work, updates get lost and, due to the site’s miserable uptime, its third party applications don’t work either. For a time, every second person’s update complained about Twitter’s uptime (or lack thereof) and some suggested a mutiny.

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We're planning an 'SEO Lunch and Learn' on July 18 from noon to 1:30PM here at High Rankings headquarters in Framingham, MA.

Forum member 'chrisjum' is wondering what the code is to redirect the HTTPS version of his website to the HTTP version.

Just wanted to let you know that I've finally updated my 'Nitty-gritty Guide of Writing for the Search Engines'!